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SATURDAY NIGHT RACING, DIRT TRACK STYLE WAS ON HAND WITH FIVE CLASSES HITTING THE SPEEDWAY. HEAT RACE WINS FOR THE TOP GUN 360 SPRINTS WENT TO MARK RUEL JR, SECOND HEAT TO DANNY MARTIN JR AND THE THIRD HEAT TO SPORT ALLEN. HOBBY STOCK HEAT RACE WIN WENT TO MIKE STALNAKER. THE FIRST FLORIDA TQ LATE MODELS HEAT WIN, WENT TO 11 YEAR OLD AUSTIN STROSHAL AND DAVID RADER. V8 THUNDERSTOCK HEAT HONORS TO JONATHON APPLEBY AND SECOND HEAT TO MICHAEL STALNAKER. MINI SPRINT HEATS WENT TO AUSTIN CRADDOCK,CONNOR BORAH AND THE FINAL HEAT WIN TO EDDIE MOSS JR.

BUBBA ARMY HOBBY STOCK MAIN EVENT SAW THE DUO OF BRANDON ELWOOD AND RICK ELWOOD ON THE FRONT ROW. JUMPING OUT FRONT AND TAKING THE EARLY LEAD WAS RICK ELWOOD. ELWOOD TOOK A COMMANDING LEAD WHILE A BATTLE FOR SECOND WAS HEATING UP BETWEEN ETHERIDGE AND STALNAKER. ON LAP 5 STALNAKER MADE THE PASS AND TOOK OVER THE SECOND POSITION. THEN ON THE NEXT CIRCUIT AROUND STALNAKER CAUGHT UP TO ELWOOD AND WAS ABLE TO PASS FOR THE LEAD. THE RACING ACTION WAS FAST PACED WITH A SIDE BY SIDE RACE BATTLE FOR SECOND WITH ELWOOD AND MARLON DURBIN GIVING THE FANS A SHOW. AT THE CHECKERED FLAG IT WAS MIKE STALNAKER WITH HIS SECOND WIN IN A ROW. FOLLOWED BY MARLON DURBIN,RICK ELWOOD, RAY ETHERIDGE AND RICHARD CALMES.

UP NEXT,WERE THE FLORIDA TQ LATE MODELS. LEADING THE PACK OUT OF TURN FOUR FOR THIER 20 LAP A MAIN WAS TERRY WRIGHT, BEING CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY DAVID RADAR. THE 45 MACHINE OF PERRY SHOEMAKER BROUGHT THE FANS TO THIER FEET AS HE CAME OUT OF TURN 4 AND KISSED THE WALL WHICH PUT HIS CAR IN A WHEELSTAND. SHOEMAKER BROUGHT IT BACK DOWN AND KEPT GOING. TWO LAPS LATER TROUBLE WOULD FIND SHOEMAKER ONCE AGAIN. AS HE WOULD SPIN BETWEEN TURNS THREE AND FOUR COLLECTING SEAN BABCOCK, AS BABCOCK HAD NOWHERE TO GO. GREEN WAVING AGAIN THE MAN IN CHARGE WOULD STILL BE TERRY WRIGHT WITH A COMMANDING LEAD. LAP 11 BABCOCK WITH HIS NEW CAR WOULD PULL INTO THE INFIELD WITH MECHANCIAL ISUUES. WITH TWO LAPS TO GO DAVID RADER WOULD LOSE POWER ONLY TO HAVE DALTON HOPKE PASS HIM FOR THE SECOND POSITION. WITH CHECKERED FLAG IN SIGHT IT WOULD BE TERRY WRIGHT WITH THE HIS FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR. SECOND PLACE TO AUSTIN STROSHAL,THIRD TO DALTON HOPKE,FOURTH TO DAVID RADER AND FIFTH TO KEVIN MCKENZIE.

ON THE GRID NEXT WAS THE FLORIDA MINI SPRINTS. UP FRONT WAS EDDIE MOSS JR AND ROBBIE SMITH. QUICKLY TAKING THE LEAD MOSS SHOWED THE WAY. THE BATTLE FOR THE FIFTH SPOT BETWEEN BOB TONEY AND JOHN MOSS WAS A CLOSE ONE. THE CAUTION WOULD FLY ON LAP FIVE WITH AUSTIN CRADDOCK AND SHELDON KINSER JR GETTING HOOKED TOGETHER IN TURN FOUR. BOTH DRIVERS AND CARS WOULD BE OKAY AND CONTINUE. THE NEXT LAP WOULD BRING ANOTHER CAUTION WITH RAELYNN MOSS LOSING A WHEEL . GREEN OUT AGAIN, EDDIE MOSS WOULD TAKE HIS POSITION OUT FRONT AGAIN. MOSS WILL BE VERY CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY NICHOLAS SNYDER MOVING INTO THE SECOND SPOT. AT THE FINISH LINE IT WOULD BE ALL EDDIE MOSS WITH THE WIN CELEBRATING WITH HIS DAUGHTERS IN VICTORY LANE. SECOND PLACE TO NICHOLAS SNYDER AND THIRD TO ROBBIE SMITH.

IT WAS NOW TIME FOR THE EAGLE JET TOP GUN 360 SPRINTS FOR THIER 25 LAP A MAIN. WAVING TO THE FANS IN THIER 4 WIDE SALUTE TO ALL, THEY WERE READY TO GO. GRABBING THE LEAD AT THE GREEN WAS LASKER FOLLOWED BY DANNY MARTIN AND TANNER WITHERSPOON. LAP THREE WOULD SEE THE CAUTION COME OUT FOR REX HOWE WHEN HIS SPRINTER WOULD HAVE MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. TROUBLE WOULD FOLLOW OUR LEADER LASKER AS HE WOULD BLOW A MOTOR ON LAP SIX. THE NEW LEADER WOULD BE DANNY MARTIN BEING CHASED BY SPORT ALLEN AND SHANE KREIDLER. WITH SEVEN LAPS TO GO THE RED WOULD COME OUT FOR DARREN ORTH AS HE WOULD LOSE A WHEEL AND SLAM HARD INTO THE TURN FOUR WALL. DARREN WOULD BE OKAY BUT NOT HIS SPRINTER. AT THE RESTART IT WOULD BE MARTIN STILL IN THE TOP SPOT NOW BEING CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY 11 YEAR OLD TYLER CLEM AND MARK RUEL. THE PACE WAS FAST AND WITH TWO LAPS TO GO , CLEM WOULD COME CLOSE TO PASSING MARTIN TRYING HIS HARDEST. BUT AT THE FINISH COMING FROM HIS 8TH STARTING POSITION IT WOULD BE DANNY MARTIN JR WITH THE WIN. SECOND PLACE HONORS TO TYLER CLEM, THIRD TO MARK RUEL JR, FOURTH TO SPORT ALLEN AND FIFTH TO SHANE KREIDLER.

FINAL FEATURE OF THE EVENING WOULD BE THE V8 THUNDERSTOCKS FOR THEIR 20 LAP FEATURE RACE. AT THE GREEN THERE WAS A THREE WAY BATTLE FOR FIRST. SHANE WILLIAMS, JOSH HUGHES AND JONATHON APPLEBY WITH HUGHES GETTING THE TOP SPOT. APPLEBY WAS ABLE TO EDGE BY WILLIAMS FOR SECOND. MID PACK THE RACE WAS ON FOR FIFTH BETWEEN MICHAEL STALNAKER AND JASON GAMBLE. HALFWAY MARK IT WOULD BE ALL HUGHES WITH APPLEBY AND STALNAKER. FIVE LAPS TO GO THE CAUTION WOULD COME OUT FOR JASON GAMBLE AS HE WOULD LOSE A RIGHT REAR TIRE AS HE PASSED THE FLAGSTAND. AT THE RESTART HUGHES WOULD RECLAIM THE LEAD ONLY TO BE TURNED AROUND BY ALITTLE TOO EXCITED APPLEBY. HUGHES WOULD BE GIVEN HIS SPOT BACK AND APPLEBY WOULD GO TO THE REAR WITH NO PROBLEM. WITH THE GREEN OUT ONCE AGAIN HUGHES WOULD LEAD, THIS TIME BEING CHASED BY STALNAKER AND WILLIAMS. WITH TWO LAPS TO GO WILLIAMS WOULD PASS STALNAKER FOR SECOND. BY THE WHITE FLAG APPLBEY WOULD BE BACK TO SECOND FROM THE REAR WITH SOME FAST DRIVING. AS THE CHECKERED FLAG WAVED THE WIN WOULD GO TO JOSH HUGHES, SECOND TO JONATHON APPLEBY, THEN SHANE WILLIAMS, MICHAEL STALNAKER AND JEFF STALNAKER. AFTER POST RACE INSPECTIONS JOSH HUGHES WOULD BE DQ AND THE WIN WOULD BE GIVEN TO JONATHON APPLEBY FOR HIS SECOND WIN IN A ROW.

NEXT WEEK THE OPEN WHEEL MODIFIEDS WILL RETURN ALONG WITH THE FLORIDA T.Q. LATE MODELS, $1000. TO WIN FOR "THE HERCULES" HOBBY STOCK SERIES, V-8 THUNDER STOCK AND E-MODIFIED. COME OUT AND JOIN US PIT GATE OPENS AT 4:00 P.M. GRANDSTAND GATE AT 5:00 P.M. AND RACING STARTS AT 7:00 P.M. FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.BUBBARACEWAYPARK.COM.

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